Late OAU Zookeeper, Olabode Olawuyi Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State have shut down the zoological garden on the institution’s campus following the killing of a veterinary technologist, Mr Olabode Olawuyi, by a nine-year-old lion on Monday. Speaking with The PUNCH on Tuesday, the Chairman of the National Association of Non-Academic Staff of Universities,…
Dignitaries, on Monday, paid tributes to the late Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, at the Evening of Tributes and Service of Songs organised in his honour at the Jogor Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State capital. A former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, in his tribute at the event described Akeredolu as the commander-in-chief in…
Former Minister Solomon Dalung has criticised the Tinubu-led government for consistently attributing Nigeria’s economic challenges to ex-President, Muhammad Buhari. In a series of posts on his X account on Monday, Dalung argued that if Tinubu’s administration devoted the same resources and effort used during elections and tribunals to tackle security and economic issues, significant improvements…
BREAKING: OAU lion kills zookeeper during feeding A 9-year-old male lion on Monday killed a zookeeper while feeding the wild cats in their den at the Zoological garden of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The victim, identified as Mr Olabode Olawuyi, who was a Veterinary Technologist, was said to have has been in charge of…
By Ahmed Oluwasanjo Seyi Tinubu Amid economic hardship that has seen food prices spike astronomically in the country, Seyi Tinubu, son of the Nigerian president who flaunted unbridled opulence in recent months, has urged Nigerians to have faith in his father, President Bola Tinubu, while expressing support for his father’s government. In an Instagram post on Monday, Mr…
The wife of the pastor of the RCCG church where the late Herbert Wigwe worshipped before his death, Dr. Siju Iluyomade, celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday, and she threw a colourful party, more or less a carnival, to celebrate this milestone. The party had in attendance Lagos big boys and giris like Tony Elumelu as…
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Federal Government has announced a 24 hour closure on the Third Mainland Bridge for Iyana Oworonshoki-Lagos Island-bound traffic from midnight on Sunday, February, 18 to midnight on Monday, February 19 in the ongoing rehabilitation of the bridge. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, in a statement on…
President Bola Tinubu has approved N126.5 billion for the delivery of a total of 100,000 houses nationwide in 18 months. This was disclosed by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa, during the groundbreaking ceremony for 3,112 housing units as well as the launch of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates, in…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, arrested 14 (fourteen) suspected internet fraudsters in a training center of potential internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. The operatives, acting on intelligence, arrested the suspects in a three-bedroom apartment allegedly serving as a training centre…
The Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has announced the passing of Dr. Herbert Wigwe, CFR, the Company’s founding Group Chief Executive Officer and former Group Managing Director of its flagship subsidiary, Access Bank Plc (‘the Bank’). Dr. Wigwe died alongside his wife and son on Friday, February 9, 2024, in a…
